Cluster 2: Construction material development incorporating waste streams
Each PhD candidate presented a 3minute thesis at our end-of-year event in November. Here are their slides summarising their work.
Upcycled textile waste used as construction material in concrete applications
Presented by: Nayanatara Ruppegoda Gamage (RMIT)
Project partner: Brimbank City Council, Sustainability Victoria
Rebound effect-based life cycle energy prediction of buildings from a national scale perspective: an empirical study in China.
Presented by: Lei Liu (Western Sydney University)
Project partner: Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia
Waste tyre reinforcement of construction materials within mining operations
Presented by: Mithushi Wickramasinghe (Deakin)
Project partner: Tyre Stewardship
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Thermo-oxidative and UV ageing mechanisms of crumb rubber-modified asphalt
Presented by: Sachini Chandrasiri (RMIT)
Project partner: Hobsons Bay
Numerical simulation of shrinkage and crack damage behaviour in textile fibre-reinforced concrete
Presented by: Hasika Dharmasooriya (RMIT)
Project partner: Hobsons Bay
Geopolymer based stabilization for expansive road subgrades
Presented by: Nawanjana Maheepala (RMIT)
Project partner: ARRB
Influence of pore water pressure on mechanical performance of recycled aggregate/glass sand concrete triaxial compression
Presented by: Hanbing Zhao (University of Technology Sydney)
Project partner: Wuhan Geotech
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Written 2023, republished 2026